Bill Commons

TX HB 4170

enacted

Relating to venue in certain actions involving private transfer fees for real property.

Texas · 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) · lower

Quick answers

Did TX HB 4170 pass?

Yes. TX HB 4170 has been enacted into law as of 2025-06-20. Latest recorded action (2025-06-20): Effective on 9/1/25

What is TX HB 4170 about?

TX HB 4170 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to venue in certain actions involving private transfer fees for real property.”.

Who sponsors TX HB 4170?

Hayes, Hughes are the primary sponsors of TX HB 4170.

Introduced
2025-03-31
Latest action
2025-06-20 — Effective on 9/1/25
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Hayesprimary
  • Hughesprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-03-10

    Filed

    filing

  2. 2025-03-31

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  3. 2025-03-31

    Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-04-09

    Considered in public hearing

  5. 2025-04-09

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  6. 2025-04-09

    Left pending in committee

  7. 2025-04-14

    Considered in formal meeting

  8. 2025-04-14

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  9. 2025-04-23

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  10. 2025-04-23

    Committee report distributed

  11. 2025-04-25

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  12. 2025-05-06

    Considered in Calendars

  13. 2025-05-08

    Placed on General State Calendar

  14. 2025-05-09

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  15. 2025-05-09

    Passed to engrossment

  16. 2025-05-09

    Record vote

  17. 2025-05-09

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  18. 2025-05-10

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  19. 2025-05-10

    Passed

    passage

  20. 2025-05-10

    Record vote

  21. 2025-05-10

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  22. 2025-05-10

    Reported engrossed

  23. 2025-05-12

    Received from the House

    introduction

  24. 2025-05-12

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  25. 2025-05-12

    Referred to Jurisprudence

    referral-committee

  26. 2025-05-21

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  27. 2025-05-21

    Considered in public hearing

  28. 2025-05-21

    Testimony taken in committee

  29. 2025-05-21

    Left pending in committee

  30. 2025-05-23

    Considered in public hearing

  31. 2025-05-23

    Vote taken in committee

  32. 2025-05-25

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

    committee-passage-favorable

  33. 2025-05-25

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  34. 2025-05-25

    Committee report printed and distributed

  35. 2025-05-28

    Placed on local & uncontested calendar

  36. 2025-05-28

    Laid before the Senate

    receipt

  37. 2025-05-28

    Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading

    reading-2

  38. 2025-05-28

    Vote recorded in Journal

  39. 2025-05-28

    Three day rule suspended

  40. 2025-05-28

    Record vote

  41. 2025-05-28

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  42. 2025-05-28

    Passed

    passage

  43. 2025-05-28

    Record vote

  44. 2025-05-29

    Senate passage reported

    passage

  45. 2025-05-30

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  46. 2025-05-30

    Signed in the House

    passage

  47. 2025-05-31

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  48. 2025-05-31

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  49. 2025-06-20

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  50. 2025-06-20

    Effective on 9/1/25

    became-law

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-05-09 · pass · 135-0

    Member-level votes (154)
    • Alders: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Anchía: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bernal: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Bowers: yes
    • Bryant: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Campos: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Collier: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Davis, A.: yes
    • Davis, Y.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, J.: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
    • González, J.: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Hinojosa: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Jones, V.: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lowe: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, C.: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Olcott: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Pierson: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Reynolds: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Vasut: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Landgraf(C: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Cain: absent
    • Lozano: absent
    • Manuel: absent
    • Ros: absent
    • Excused: absent
    • Dutton: absent
    • King: absent
    • Talaric: absent
    • Bell: absent
    • K: absent
    • Canales: absent
    • Cunningham: absent
    • Lujan: absent
    • Oliverson: absent
    • Rodríguez Ramo: absent
  • passage

    2025-05-10 · pass · 131-0

    Member-level votes (152)
    • Alders: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Anchía: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Bowers: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Cain: yes
    • Campos: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Collier: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Davis, A.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dutton: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, J.: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
    • González, J.: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Hinojosa: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Jones, V.: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lowe: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Morales, C.: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Olcott: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Pierson: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Reynolds: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Vasut: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Harris(C: not voting
    • Bernal: absent
    • Bryant: absent
    • Canales: absent
    • Davis, Y.: absent
    • Geren: absent
    • Goodwin: absent
    • Hefner: absent
    • Holt: absent
    • Fischer: absent
    • Meza: absent
    • Moody: absent
    • Morales Shaw: absent
    • Ordaz: absent
    • Perez, M.: absent
    • Talarico: absent
    • Vo: absent
    • Lopez: absent
    • J: absent

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